The Swiss figures go against the current global economic growth trend, which the IMF has reduced from its previous estimate of 3.9% to 3.7% for 2018 and 2019.

On-going concerns over Brexit negotiations and potential trade-wars involving the USA, as well as an overall slower than expected growth within the European Union are cited as the main reasons for the more negative global calculations.

Last month, the Swiss government, raised its GDP forecast for 2018 to 2.9% from 2.4% and, earlier this year, it was announced that Swiss exports had matched and surpassed their recent growth. Exports for 2018's second quarter totalled 55.7 billion francs (€47.8 billion), representing a new quarterly record.

Pharmaceuticals, machinery, precision instruments and watchmaking were some of the sectors that performed particularly well. With record exports to China, the USA and Germany all helping grow the overall value of Swiss exports by 4.8 billion Swiss francs (€4.1 billion) since the first quarter of 2017.

Despite some cause for positivity however, the IMF has also suggested Switzerland’s economy may slow down next year. This would be in keeping with a fall in global GDP growth, which the IMF has predicted to fall from 2& to 1.8% in 2019.

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